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*** ANNOUNCEMENT – We have a special arrangements for the kids of community for the festival.  We will have professional face painters at the festival and all kids will be invited to be part of the celebrations in a unique way.  In order to keep things organized, we are asking all parents to bring their kids to the temple no …

On Sunday, March 13th, Toronto’s Hare Krishna Temple celebrated Shiva Rati. Shiva Rati is a night of celebrations that are dedicated to Lord Shiva who is the top most devotee of Lord Krishna. The night started out with an arati ceremony for their Lordships Sri Sri Radha Ksira-Chora Gopinatha, who were as radiant as spring sunshine. Then devotees gathered for lecture …

After a cold winter, that special time of the year has arrived. With clear skies, sunshine and warm cool breezes greeting you, spring has arrived!  With the warmer weather comes lots of opportunities to render service to our beautiful Deities, Sri Sri Radha Ksira-Chora Gopinatha. For starters, the Toronto Hare Krishna Temple is participating in two very large conventions and …

We are happy to share our March edition of our monthly newsletter!  Special thanks to Thulasi Sathianathan, one of our active young devotees, for taking the lead on the monthly newsletter project.  Click the image below (or click here) to open the February 2016 newsletter. Remember, you can receive our monthly newsletter right in your inbox by clicking here to …

The Toronto Hare Krishna Temple will be celebrating Siva Ratri on Sunday, March 13, 2016. Siva Ratri literally translates as, “the night of Lord Siva”. Devotees of Lord Krishna view Lord Shiva as the greatest Vaishnava (devotee of Vishnu), based on Srimad-Bhagavatam, 12.13.16 says this (among other things) about Lord Shiva: vaishnavanam yatha shambhu, “Amongst all Vaishnavas, Lord Shiva is …

On Saturday, February 20th, 2016, the Toronto Hare Krishna Temple celebrated Lord Nityananda’s Appearance Day in grand fashion!  The wonderful festival featured delightful kirtan, amazing prasadam and the most amazing darshan of our beautiful Deities!  Our wonderful congregation member, Sathi Prabhu, captured the festival on camera.  Check out the full festival video below:

*** Please Note: We will try to regularly post updates on this post about the latest news about both Jayapataka Swami and Kadamba Kanana Swami *** The Toronto Hare Krishna Temple would like to make a special plea for all devotees and well-wishers to extend their prayers for the health of two senior devotees of our international Hare Krishna movement: …

A Magical Evening Celebrating the Appearance of Lord Nityananda!Festival Report by: Smruthi VenkateshanPictures by: Sahil Srivastava This past Saturday, February, 20th, Toronto’s Hare Krishna Temple celebrated the appearance of Lord Nitayanada with a special twist. The event started out with an arati ceremony where the stars of the event Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai beamed brighter than a 1,000 full moons, beside the …

Most of us may be accustomed to taking part in large kirtans (musical chanting sessions), weekly Sunday Feasts, or fantastic festivals at the Toronto Hare Krishna Temple.  In addition to these inspiring gatherings, many of our international Hare Krishna communities also have smaller gatherings called “Bhakti-Vrikshas”. Bhakti-Vrikshas are congregational development programs that utilize small group structures in order to encourage …

One of the sweetest festivals of the year Nityananda Trayodasi will fall on Saturday, February 20, 2016! A warm invitation goes out to you and your family to join us as we celebrate the advent (appearance) of Lord Nityananda. Lord Nityananda (also known as Nityananda Prabhu, Nitai, Nityananda Balarama) appeared in the village of Ekachakra, in West Bengal, India, around …